Participation

The Participation theme focuses on women’s representation and participation in peace processes, electoral process – as both the candidate and voter – UN decision-making positions, and in the broader social-political sphere.

The Security Council acknowledges the need for strategies to increase women’s participation in all UN missions and appointments to high-level positions in SCR 1325(OP3) and 1889(OP4) and further emphasises the need for women’s participation in peacebuilding processes (1889). 

Specifically, it calls for the mobilisation of resources for advancing gender equality and empowering women (OP14), reporting on the progress of women’s participation in UN missions (OP18), equal access to education for women and girls in post-conflict societies (OP11), and the increase of women’s participation in political and economic decision-making (OP15). Until this language translates into action, the potential for women’s full and equal contribution to international peace and security will remain unrealized.

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How UN Agencies and Programmes Can Ensure Women's Meaningful Participation In Their Work

BOOKLET-2-UN-Agencies-online.pdf

Ensuring Women's Meaningful Participation in the UN System

This YouTube video created by WILPF explains that shrinking space for women's voices at the UN has been an issue for a long time and gives insight into this problem.

Ensuring Women's Meaningful Participation in the UN System

women's participation UN.pdf

Weapons, War and Women: Enabling Feminist Movements and Peace in the MENA Region

 

The panellists and participants of the event titled “Weapons, War and Women: Enabling Movement for Peace in the MENA Region” on 25 October 2017 (Photo: Aleksandra Kojic)

 

What We Can Learn About Resilience from Female Leaders of the UN

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Statement of South Sudan at the UNGA72

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WPS Financing: “Realization of peace is greatly impeded with insufficient resources.”

Statement of South Sudan at the UNGA72

SOUTH SUDAN_UNGA72.pdf

Statement of Norway at the UNGA72

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Conflict Prevention: “Preventing and addressing war, conflict and humanitarian crises is crucial for sustainability. Norway strongly supports UN Secretary-General Guterres' vision for the UN. Every tool and institution within the UN system must be realigned to improve our ability to prevent conflict and to make and sustain peace.

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